802.11n

Some channels in Wi-Fi routers are indeed much faster — but that doesn’t mean you should go ahead and change them. Read on to find out more about interference and the massive difference between 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi.

Everyone remembers their first wireless router: The blue-and-black Linksys WRT54G. The way you fumbled with those ports. The way you left the admin password at its default setting. The way you tried, in vain, to get port forwarding to work. Now, 11 years later, to keep up with the popularity of 802.11ac and 802.11n, Linksys has announced the WRT54G’s spiritual successor: The WRT 1900AC.

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